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Global Traveller
Inside this issue
• How the downturn is affecting high-end travel. Might it spell the end for first class?
• VIDEO: A review of BA’s new London City to New York business-only route - -
Content
Agenda: ‘Fortress America’ feels heat on its border policy
Roger Blitz reports on the moves to make the US a more welcoming country
The Big Story: The Death of First Class?
Rather than becoming a fatal victim of the recession, high-end travel is being spruced up in time for the recovery, writes Roger Bray
CEO Interview: Refreshed Langhams elbows into London market
Dr Lo Ka Shui, chairman of the Langham group’s parent company, tells Roger Blitz why the famous brand still has some fight left in it
Soapbox: Air Passenger Duty is a step too far
Chris Cuddy, chief executive of Cheapflights, the online airfares company, explains why he thinks the increased APD tax will debilitate the UK economy
Business hubs: Bangkok, Copenhagen and Miami
FT corrrespondents and contributors on the urban delights to be had at a few of the world’s top cities.
Business etiquette: No margaritas in macho Mexico
Adam Thomson on why at least appearing to be a ‘real man’ is essential for doing business in the central American state
Frequent traveller: Airports are my inspiration
Frank Warren, best-selling author and founder of PostSecret.com, reveals to Johanna Kassel the practical tricks that make his travel more meangingful
Mice: French Riviera lures Europe’s business meetings
The south coast of France has used the downturn to prepare for the conferences of the future, reports Jill James
Mice: North Wales offers rural beautry and clarity of mind
Jill James reports on the growing popularity of the conference market in one of the UK’s areas of outstanding natural beauty
Executive view: Martin Kingston of Rothschild on the buzz and green spaces of Johannesburg
For Martin Kingston there is no better place to live and do business in Africa south of the Sahara than Johannesburg.
